Salamanca y Avila

Choc Chip Cookies/Galletas de chocochip

Before I tell you about my wonderful weekend in Salamanca and Avila, I must say that my family LOVED the choclate chip cookies!! I was nervous since they don't have vanilla extract over here (I found "vanilla sugar" in the cupboard which I found can be used as a substitute).  The cookies turned out great! My host dad came into my room just raving saying, "Katie, las galletas son TAN BUENISIMOS!!" (The cookies are SO GOOD!!).  Needless to say there aren't many cookies left. Baking cookies for my family was such a fun thing for me to do and I'm so glad that they liked them!





Inside La Catedral de Salamanca

Anyways, back to the actual trip. We left for Salamanca on Saturday morning. It is only two hours away so we got to leave a little later than usual.  It is such a beautiful city.  We saw El Convento de San Esteban, La Catedral Nueva y Vieja and la Universidad Civil Salamanca.  Everything was gorgeous.  The atmosphere of Salamanca was super chill and fun (It's a college town).  It was in the mid-60s and sunny on Saturday so all the college kids were out laying on the grass or in the Plaza Mayor.  The Plaza Mayor was the best! I think my favorite part of Saturday was sitting and eating our bocadillos in the Plaza Mayor, taking it all in and enjoying the sun.  Saturday night we went out and experienced Salamanca night life.  The highlight of the night was hearing the Grease Songs, "Summer Lovin" and "Greased Lightnining" come on at a bar.  Needless to say, all of us were singing at the tops of our lungs!! What a sight :)

Amy and I at the top of La Catedral



Sunday (aka today) we woke up early and visited the Salamanca University.  After that we left Salamanca to head to a town called Avila which is only about an hour away from Segovia.  Here we visited La Catedral de Avila and el Convento de San Jose and Convento de Santa Teresa.  The highlight of Avila was climbing up and exploring the "muralla" (wall) that surrounds the city and was made for protection way back when. 

Now I'm back home and completely pooped from a fun weekend.  Time for sleep and a new week of classes.

Besos, xo